Sunday, March 30, 2008

I love water, and what exactly IS a stern squirt?

I love being outside, and have a special love of the water. We are blessed with tons of water in this area, and some of my best times with my family have been on the river. We boat, swim, ski, tube, even pic-nic in the boat! We go for walks by the river, fish, skip rocks, camp, and many other things by the water. And.... we stern squirt! This is something I just learned to do in my little kayak. I have discovered it's called a stern squirt for two reasons. First, the stern is always your backside. This could be the back of the boat, or hypothetically your own backside. Now, a stern squirt is performed by paddling out of an eddy into the current, leaning the side/stern of the boat into the current which flips your nose or bow up into the air. If done properly, and you recover right side up, it's called a kayak stern squirt. If you blow it, roll upside down, and panic, it just might elicit another type of "stern squirt" for which you may need to dry-clean your dry-suit after the day! :) Check it out!


















4 comments:

Krista said...

Cool move, Trev! Where did you all go floating? When was that? Great pics. We are so glad you love the water, 'cause we get to do fun water stuff when we come. Great pics!

Shelli said...

Love the pics! Especially the videos. Glad you are able to turn right side up!!!

jharmon said...

You are crazy, but what fun! We love the water as well some of our best memories are on the water!
Jill

Anonymous said...

Nice move big brutha!
I hope you didn't stern squirt after righting yourself, or is that why you righted yourself? At least a mouthful of this water is not as bad as a mouthful of Yaki water. Ah the memories of the Yak. Keep havin fun

Jefe